Pinkie Pie's Perilous Predicament
This is a transcript from Pinkie concerning her capture, at least as much as could be transcribed coherently from any conversation with Pinkie Pie (she even refuses to let me change the title).
“Right as the party started to end I was kinda feeling bad about Mr. Steiny not getting to ask his super serious questions, so when he asked if I could meet him for lunch the next day, I agreed to meet him.”
“Did you have any idea what it was he wanted to ask you?” I asked.
“Nope, not really. Every time he tried to ask me something at the party he seemed to get interrupted. Weird huh? You did say he wanted to know more about my Pinkie Sense, so he was probably going to ask me about that.”
“So, did he ask you about it or not?”
“Of course he did silly, as soon as we sat down at the table he started asking me about how often it starts, how long it lasts, how long between when my Pinkie Sense starts and when a prediction comes true. Stuff like that. Then he gave me a cupcake. After that he asked how old I was when my sense first appeared, and then our lunch arrived.”
“Wait, what was that about the cupcake?”
“Oh yeah! He said he wanted to thank me for spending the time to answer his questions. So he reached into this bag he had with him and pulled out a cupcake loaded with green frosting! I'm pretty sure he had more in his bag, but I was too happy with my treat to bother him about not sharing at least half of the rest.”
“Hmm, alright go on.” I said, letting Pinkie finish her tale.
“So after we ate, things started to get a little fuzzy. Not like a super soft teddy-bear fuzzy either, just fuzzy. I do remember Mr. Steiny asking to walk me home, and I said something about not feeling good. So I stood up and tried to go but I had trouble standing up. Then all I remember was my Pinkie Sense trying to tell me that something was going on but I couldn't quite make it out due to the fuzziness. Next thing I know, I wake up in some weirdo cave with magical lights everywhere. Kinda like your basement, but without as many roots.”
“The fuzzy feeling was mostly gone, but when I tried to get up I couldn't. Then I noticed that my hooves had been all tied up. That's when Stein noticed that I wasn't asleep anymore.”
“He said: 'Ah, Miss Pie,' he never called me Pinkie for some reason, always Miss, anyway, 'I see I've underestimated your sugar powered metabo-something(sic. metabolism maybe?). You should still be asleep.'” Pinkie said, attempting to mimic Stein's voice.
“So I asked, 'Mr Stein, why am I all tied up? What's going on? Where are we?'”
“And then he said: 'It's just a precaution, Ms. Pie. I needed you to physically be here in order to start the experiment. As to where we are, this is my lab. It was built underground a long time ago.'”
“And then I was all, 'Underground?, Wait a minute, I know this rock! And that one over there! These look just like the rocks from... The Farm!'”
“So he was like: 'A farm? Interesting. How exactly did you manage figure out where we are?'”
“'I grew up here, I'd know this type of granite anywhere! But how did your lab get here without anypony knowing? The elder Pies wouldn't let just anypony build near here. Are you after our secret rock recipe too?!'”
“'Calm yourself, Ms. Pie. I am not here for your family's secrets. All I need is you and my machine here. As for our current location, you should know that this place is very old, built deep underground so that it would remain undiscovered and undisturbed until I needed it. Your family must have moved here built their farm above at a later date. You might even say that they now the unaware caretakers of this place. It is indeed a small world. To think that the key would eventually be tied so closely to this place.'”
“'Why do you need me for your sciency stuff anyway? Will it be fun? I like having fun!'”
“'If it were entirely fun, Ms. Pie, I would not have needed to tie you up.'”
“'Oh, right. So what are you building over there? Can I help? I'm really good at building things you know.'”
“'As much as I appreciate the offer, I cannot afford to release you of your bonds just yet. This won't take much longer anyway, all that's left is a unicorn's careful touch.'”
“That's when this light on the floor on the other side of the room started to glow red. I couldn't see it myself, but Mr. Stein didn't seem too happy about it. He grabbed a couple more of the glowy vials off his desk, and went over to the red light before pouring some of the blue one and the yellow one on the ground. I guess the colors mixed on the ground, because then the floor started to glow green! I bet he could make all sorts of cool light shows with that stuff!
“While he was messing with the glowy stuff, he said, 'It looks like we're in luck Miss Pie. Your friends have managed to activate the other glyph, and should be arriving shortly. Observers of this historic event.'”
“'Well Twilight is really good at magic, it's even her special talent! Speaking of special talents, did you know that mine is throwing parties! I love parties! Oh I forgot to ask. Did you like the welcome party I threw for you Mr. Stein? Twilight said that you wouldn't like my normal parties, so I made that one special, just for you.'”
“'I do appreciate your company Ms. Pie but I must concentrate on my work. I must get as much done as I can before your friends attempt to thwart my research.'”
“'Awww...'”
“'It was a splendid party, however. Now I must insist you quiet down.'”
“'Yay. You liked my party!' I said, trying my best to smile. Although smiling really big kind of hard to do while tied up on the floor though, I wonder why?”
“Anyway, Right after that, there was this loud whooshing sound, and that's when you appeared on the other side of the green light!”
“Okay then, thank you for your help Pinkie. I think I can fill in the rest of what happened.” I said. Pinkie's story now finished.
“Okie doki loki!”